Can a federal officer be convicted of violating section 242 of the Civil Code?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Otherson, 637 F.2d 1276 (9th Cir. 1981):
This circuit has in fact affirmed the conviction of a federal officer for violating section 242 (although whether the statute applied to acts under color of federal laws was not an issue raised by the defendant). Gowdy v. United States, 207 F.2d 730 (9th Cir. 1953).
The counterarguments that appellants raise carry little weight. First, they claim that section 242 was enacted to enforce the
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